saccade

Other forms: saccades

Definitions of saccade
  1. noun
    an abrupt spasmodic movement
    synonyms: jerk, jerking, jolt
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    type of:
    motility, motion, move, movement
    a change of position that does not entail a change of location
  2. noun
    a rapid, jerky movement of the eyes between positions of rest
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    type of:
    eye movement
    the movement of the eyes
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